The German Climate Computing Centre (Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum, DKRZ) is a central service center for the German climate research and Earth system research. It operates high performance computing for applied and basic research in climate science and related disciplines. The main task of the DKRZ is to provide computing power and technical support for models and simulations of climate research. The group commissioned a new supercomputer made by French company Atos in March 2022. Self-published source.

Organization

The main shareholders of the German Climate Computing Centre are the

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(55%) and the City of

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(27%, represented by

Hamburg University The University of Hamburg (german: link=no, Universität Hamburg, also referred to as UHH) is a public research university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 28 March 1919 by combining the previous General Lecture System ('' Allgemeines Vor ...

). Other partners are the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (9%) and the Helmholtz Centre in Geesthacht (9%, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon GmbH, hereon). The DKRZ is sponsored by the

Federal Ministry for Education and Research The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (german: link=no, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, ), abbreviated BMBF, is a cabinet-level ministry of Germany. It is headquartered in Bonn, with an office in Berlin. The Ministry provi ...

. The German Climate Computing Centre is one of four partners within the Cluster of Excellence CliSAP and member of the network KlimaCampus Hamburg.

External links

Home page of the German Climate Computing Centre

References

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